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Toronto police say a local woman who has been missing for almost a year was an online escort with romantic ties to murder suspect Dellen Millard.

Homicide Det. Mike Carbone provided few new details at a news conference Tuesday on the investigation into Laura Babcock’s disappearance. Police are now investigating the case in connection to Millard after he was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Ancaster resident Tim Bosma.

Babcock advertised her services as an escort online in the months before her disappearance, Carbone said. He wouldn’t say if this is connected to her disappearance.

Police now also have extensive phone records for Babcock, which show she was in contact with Millard after she was last seen on June 26, 2012.

Babcock’s parents and her ex-boyfriend, who alerted police to the disappearance, said officers were given some of the woman’s phone records in July which show calls with Millard. But Carbone said they only recently received phone records after Millard’s arrest.

The detective said they found no evidence after searching Millard’s Ayr farm with ground penetrating radar last week.

Police are still investigating the death of Millard’s father, Wayne, after an apparent suicide last November. They would not say who made a 911 call on the night of his death and would not comment on media reports he was shot in the eye.